[CQ-Contest] SS exchange & lazy folks

[KI9A at aol.com]

Well, I see it different... This is lifted right from the ARRL contest  
specific rules for SS, look at the very last part. It states clearly how NU1AW  
would respond to W1AW during a completed QSO.  
 
73- Chuck
 
 
Exchange: The required exchange consists of:  
    1.  4.1. A consecutive serial number;  
    2.  4.2. Precedence;  
    1.  4.2.1. “Q” for Single Op QRP (5 Watts output or less);  
    2.  4.2.2. “A” for Single Op Low Power (up to 150 W output);  
    3.  4.2.3. “B” for Single Op High Power (greater than 150 W output);  
    4.  4.2.4. “U” for Single Op Unlimited;  
    5.  4.2.5. “M” for Multi-Op;  
    6.  4.2.6. “S” for School Club; 
    3.  4.3 Your Callsign;  
    4.  4.4. Check  
    1.  4.4.1. The last 2 digits of the year of first license for either the  
operator or the station.  
    2.  4.4.2. The same Check must be used the entire contest. 
    5.  4.5. ARRL/RAC Section
(Example: NU1AW would respond to  W1AW’s call by sending: W1AW 123 B NU1AW 71 
CT, which indicates QSO number  123, B for Single Op High Power, NU1AW, first 
licensed in 1971, and in the  Connecticut section.) 

 
In a message dated 11/3/2008 9:58:37 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
n5ot at n5ot.com writes:

>From  cq-contest:

> the rules clearly state the call IS part of the  exchange.
> if you don't send it,  I don't log it.

The rules  say nothing about the order of the items to be exchanged.  If you  
copied their call then it was obviously sent at some point.   Presumably you 
would not have gotten as far as deleting the QSO if you  didn't have their 
call logged already.  The  ARRL may have a  position on this.  Maybe we 
should ask "them" what "they" think  before we get our knickers in a wad.  I 
bet this is not a new  question.

Mark, N5OT
(cc: contests at arrl.org per rule 9.2.)  

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